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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Introduction
  4. About the NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host
Veritas NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

About the NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host

The NetBackup appliance uses the VMware policy type to back up VMware virtual machines.

The following topics contain notes on the appliance as the backup host:

  • For an overview of the appliance as backup host in a virtual environment:

    See Appliance as backup host: component overview.

  • For configuration tasks:

    See Overview of VMware tasks.

    See Overview of NetBackup tasks.

  • For a list of requirements and limitations:

    See Notes on the NetBackup appliance as a VMware backup host.

  • For log files:

    See NetBackup logging for VMware.

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